Mastering Volume Photography
Training
Go to the Catalog screen, and click on Retrieve Lab Catalog Once finished downloading, click on the Studio Catalog tab Click the Green Plus Sign to add your first catalog
Add your catalog description (i.e.: School Packages) Fill in tax rate (optional)
Click the blue disk to Save
Note: To duplicate a catalog with the exact same packages, click the Duplicate
Select which Studio Catalog you wish to add packages to Click Add/Edit Packages
Click the green plus sign to add a package Add your Package Description (i.e.: Package A) Fill in your Key Map
Click the blue disk to save
Leave Show in Online Gallery checked if you wish to have this package
available for online ordering through ImageQuix.
Select your image size under the Image Download dropdown if you wish for
your subject to get a digital copy of their image when ordering this package on ImageQuix.
While still on the product package editor screen, click on the package you
wish to add products to
Hover over the list of products and click the Green Plus Sign on each product
you would like to add
Repeat steps for each package
To add a layout you’ve created to your package, click the lyt button and
select your layout from the dropdown list. This will generate a flattened .jpg of your layout to print for every subject who orders this package.
Go to the Project screen
On the left hand side, select Create New Project Template
Under the General tab you will need to enter in your Template Description or
the job type (school, Sports, Dance, etc.). You will also need to enter in a
Short Description (This allows DP2 to read the Template type). Leave the Flow® Catalog blank.
Next click the Subject tab. This is where you will be able to select all the data
fields you would like in this template, be as complete as possible (Flow® will
allow you to edit your templates but the changes are not retroactive and will only apply to new jobs).
At this point you will also be able to mark your Primary Key Fields, Required
Field, Scan Key, view in Capture, and Searchable Fields
You will also be able to add any fields you do not see
on the list by clicking Edit
Under the Image Options tab you will be able to set to
You can set up any default automatic triggers by selecting them under the
Event Triggers tab.
Under On New Hotfolder Image select Auto Assign Image Under On Assign Image select Prompt for Package Entry Click Save to finish and save your new template.
To have this template available for all your Flow® machines, your template
will need to be uploaded to the Flow® admin page. Contact PhotoLynx© for
Click
Create New Project
on the left hand side of the main
screen
Click the green plus sign next to organization to add the
organization
Beneath organization, click the
Add Organization
button to
add a new organization
Fill in the organization name and choose the organization
type, and fill in the shipping address
Click
Add Organiztion
Fill in the project information
Check the green screen project box and select default
background, if you are photographing green screen (leave
unchecked if you are not doing green screen)
Click on the
Import Data on Create
box to import the subject
On the
Data Import
screen, choose the
Select
button and
browse to the file you wish to import
Check or uncheck the first row contains column names, and
select your data file
A preview of your data file will be shown on the right preview
list
On the left pane, click the
Blue Arrow
to match each column
in your data to the data field, click the
Red X
if that data field
is empty and you don’t wish to map it.
Click
Import
to load your data into your project
Note: To bring in already matched data and images into
Flow®, click the
Image Import Settings
dropdown. Tell which
field in your data has your image name in the
Image Field
drop down, then select your folder of images under
Image
Directory
. When you click
Import
, you will see your images in
your records.
Click on Report menus button Choose report Subject Barcodes
Select amount per sheet (8 - 10 – 30)
Select if you want to show a page footer or stack sort
Select fields you would like displayed in addition to the fields already on
report by pressing the Green Plus Sign
Click Preview Report Print or Export
Chose to export to PDF (CSV is not available for this type of report)
Note: To sort your data a certain way before printing, go to your Edit screen and choose your fields to sort by under the Sort drop down. Go back to
Reports and Preview Report again. You will now see your cards sorted accordingly.
Click on
Report
menus button
Choose report
New Ticket Barcodes
Select amount per sheet
(8 -
10 –
30)
Type in how many tickets you would like to print (default is 20)
Select if you want to show a page footer
Select fields you would like displayed in addition to the Name field
by pressing the
Green Plus Sign
Click
Preview Report
or
Export
Camera Setup
The Flow® image tray is loaded from images that are placed into the C:\Hotfolder
folder on the root directory.
So, if shooting tethered use the “Camera Capture Software” to point that folder. Else, if shooting untethered drop images into that directory after the shoot
To Change HotFolder or Setup Webcam
If you need to change the location of your Hotfolder, or setup WebCam support, click on Preferences, then Capture.
Hotfolder: Uncheck Use Default Directory and browse out for your new HotFolder location.
Webcam: Check WebCam support. Press Save to save your settings.
Preferences
To utilize Mr. Gray, you will first want to set up your preferences.
Go to
Preferences
,
Capture
then
Mr. Gray
.
Set your
Target Brightness
and
Tolerance
to your desired setting.
Select your
Adjustment Method
by selecting either
Move Lights
or
Change Camera F-Stop
.
If you want a RGB warning, check off the box next to
Show RGB
Warning if values differ by more than:
and select the desired value.
Capture
Once you have all of your equipment set up for your shoot, take a
test image of a gray card and place it into your
HotFolder
.
In your
Capture
screen, click the
Mr. Gray
tab.
Using your mouse, left-click and drag to create a small box on
your gray card
Mr. Gray will tell you, according to your preferences, how to adjust
To use barcodes to quickly assign packages, you will first need to set up a
sheet of barcodes to scan to do this:
1. Click on Reports
2. Select Catalog Packages from the drop down
3. To see your products and image options on your report, check the corresponding boxes.
4. Press Preview Report
Enter your
Capture
Screen
Tethered Workflow:
Scan the desired barcode on camera card to bring
up record
Photograph your subject –
image will auto assign
Untethered Workflow:
Click on field next to the glasses to
Search
Type desired record name to bring up record
Click the
Green Plus Sign
of the desired image in
Click on the desired image you wish to add a package
to (will highlight in Orange)
Scan your barcode of desired package (Tethered
workflow)
Click on the plus button for the desired package
(Un-Tethered
workflow)
If there is a subject you wish to “hold” to filter on later, you can simply push
the push pin on their image, changing it from gray to green
You will see the hold counter in your top display change
Once done “holding” your images, you can then filter on them.
1. Click on your filter icon
2. Click the bubble next to the option Images Flagged: and select is Hold Image
Flow® will assume that you are going to take pictures until you take “the
keeper” and automatically flag the last image assigned as the Primary Image.
You can flag another image as either the Primary Image or a Yearbook Pose
by:
1. Hover over the image you wish to flag
2. Click the flag in the top right hand corner of the image
3. Select which pose you would like to flag this image as
Note: This comes in handy when exporting . You can choose to export all images, or certain flagged images only.
Rather than search through your entire job, you can filter your Flow® job to
specific image and/or data requirements.
To do so, click the filter icon in your top right hand of your screen. Your filter options will appear. You can filter on
Subject Data, or Images or a combination of the two.
Once you have entered the specific filter
criteria, press the Apply Filter button to show your filtered job.
Note: This comes in handy when printing layouts, reports or exporting specific subjects.
Flow® has data manipulation capabilities. You can Search a subject, Replace
data and Name Case specific fields.
To get started, click the Search icon in the top right of your screen.
1. To Search, click the Search tab. Enter the specific data in the Find What column and specify which field in the drop down. Press Search to begin your search. If more than one result is listed, select your choice in the list provided.
Note: You can also search by clicking next to the eye glasses above the subject’s record 2. To Replace data, click the Replace tab. Type the specific
data to search on and the data field in the drop down. Type the replace text and which field to replace in. Press
Replaceto finalize your output.
3. To Name Case a specific data field, click the Text Formatting tab. Select which field you would like to format in the drop down, then select which style of formatting you wish to change it to. Press the Format
Be default, the data fields that will
display on your subject’s records in the Capture screen are the fields you imported when bringing data in.
To add additional fields, press the
dropdown that says Display Fields
and check the fields you want to see.
To remove fields, uncheck the
fields you don’t want to see.
To quickly view/edit all fields, go to
When adding new records to Flow®, you have the
ability to “remember” certain fields. For example – an entire group of kids in Mrs. Jones’ 2nd grade
class show up. Rather than key Mrs. Jones in the
Teacher field and 2 in the Grade field, you can set Flow® to remember these.
To do this:
1. Press the Green Plus Sign to add a record (or press F5)
2. Key in the information for the first subject
3. Place a Check Mark in the box next to the field(s) you wish to remember
4. Press the Blue Save Button (or press Enter)
5. Press the Green Plus Sign to add a second record (or press F5)
6. You will see your data remembered from your previous record in the fields checked off
Note: This will only work when manually adding records, not scanning New Ticket barcodes.
On your Capture screen, you will notice your display picture having a Crop
Overlay on it. You can turn this off simply by checking the Crop Overlay box.
To change which overlay you see:
1. Click on Preferencesin the top right hand area of your screen
2. Click on Capture
3. Go to the Displaytab
4. Uncheck Use Default overlay PNG and browse out for your overlay
5. Press Savetosave your changes. You will now see your overlay in the Capture screen.
Note: You can add your own transparent PNG overlays to use simply by saving them to the following folder: C:\Program Data\Flow\Overlays
Adding group pictures in Flow® is a breeze! You will first need to place your
group images in the HotFolder.
1. Click on the icon in the bottom right hand corner with the 2 people to mark it as a group photo.
2. Once you mark the image as a group photo it will drop it down into the group photo column on the bottom of the screen. Here you can double click on the image and type in the names of the photos so they are easier to identify. This will also be how Flow® names
this image.
3. Now that you have the group photos saved, you can use the Filter to filter your data based on Team Name (or any other field specific to how these records will be
grouped)
4. Now that you have set a filter you can click the green plus sign with two people icon in the bottom right hand corner to add a group image to all subjects.
5. A message will pop up telling you that it will only apply the group image to the current filter. Click and confirm if your filter is correct.
One of the most popular features of Flow® is the ability to print onsite.
Examples include ID cards, proof sheets, etc.
To set this up, you first need to have a layout created. In the Capture screen, under the Layout Preview section:
1. Select which layoutyou would like to print by pressing the Select lytbutton.
2. To preview your layout, check off the Show Layout Previewbutton.
3. From here, you can push the printer button to manually send to your printer
-or-3. To automatically print, check off the Auto Print button, and select the pose number to start printing on.
4. Thefirst time you send to print, you will get a pop up asking if your layout looks correct. If so, press Yes. If not, press No, make your corrections and send to print again. Once you hit Yes, this pop up will no longer come up.
From Flow
®main screen on “in house stations”, click
Import/Export Project
Select the Export Project
tab
Under Full Project, click Save Locally
Save to an easy to find location
Click Export
Put .paf file on a CD/ DVD/ USB drive/ Network
Put .paf file on an individual capture station that will be
Go to Import/Export Project
Select Import Project
tab
Browse out for .paf
Click Import
Go to each capture station and do the following:
Click
Import/Export Project
Select the
Export Project
tab
Under
Full Project
, click
Save Locally
Save to an easy to find location
Click
Export
Back on the master machine, do the following:
Go to
Import/Export Project
Select
Import Project
tab
Browse out for .paf
Click
Import
A Warning will appear that says:
This project already exists in
Flow
®. Click merge to combine.
Select
Merge
The Edit screen in Flow® will allow you to do quick data and image manipulations to your job.
Subject List View: Here you can view your subject’s data and information in a
spreadsheet type layout. You can Sort your data on this screen by selecting the options you wish on the dropdown at the bottom of the page.
Subject Detail View: Here you can see all the available fields available for your subject,
making data manipulation a breeze.
Note: Both the List View and Detail View have the option of going to Order Entry. You can move to different subjects by the arrow buttons at the bottom and search for specific subjects from the search field at the bottom right.
Import Data: Use this feature to import new data or merge data into your already
existing data.
Show Original Image: Use this feature to toggle back and forth between your Original
Image and your Cropped Image.
Find Missing Images: If you’ve encountered any errors merging jobs, or any images got
To get to the
Green Screen
functions click the Edit
tab
Next, from the
Subject List View
select the record you
wish to work with
Then click the Green Screen
tab to get to the green
screen functions
The program will drop out your background, leaving a
checkered backdrop
To select a new backdrop move you cursor over the
desired background and it will appear in place of the
checkered backdrop
Background Definition Tool: By clicking on this tool the user can further
define the
Background
for the program, just click this button and then click the color you would like to remove from the background Background Color Picker Tool: By clicking on this tool the user can
further identify the background
Color
of the image, just click the tool and then a color on the background that has not been removed and it will then disappear Background Lasso Tool: By clicking on this tool the user can further
identify an area of the background that needs to be
Retouched
through the use of our lasso tool, just click the tool and then on the image in an area that you wish to define a background, click and hold the mouse button following the outline of the area you wish to remove, ending in a circular ring back where you started Background Brush Tool: By clicking on this tool the user can further
identify an area of the background that needs to be
Retouched
through the use of a round brush tool, just click the tool and then on the image in an area that you wish to define a background, click and hold the
Foreground Color Picker Tool: By clicking on this tool the user
can further identify the
Color
that had been removed and bring it
back, just click the tool and then a color that has been dropped
on the image and it will reappear
Foreground Lasso Tool: By clicking on this tool the user can
further identify an area of the foreground that needs to be
Retouched
through the use of our lasso tool, just click the tool
and then on the image in an area that you wish to define a
foreground, click and hold the mouse button following the
outline of the area you wish to remove, ending in a circular ring
back where you started
Foreground Brush Tool: By clicking on this tool the user can
further identify an area of the foreground that needs to be
Retouched
through the use of a round brush tool, just click the
tool and then on the image in an area that you wish to define a
foreground, click and hold the mouse button following the
Image Move Tool: By clicking on this tool the
user can
Move
the image around so that they can
move an image to a specific area for review, for
best results use the
Zoom
tool to enlarge the
image and then select this tool to focus on a
specific area
Image Zoom Tool: By clicking on this tool the
user can
Enlarge
the image so that the user can
further identify an area they are looking to focus
on, just click the tool and then on the image in
an area that you wish to define an enlargement
By clicking on this button, the user Saves any changes made to the image
By clicking on this button, the user elects to Revert the image back to its original form
By clicking on this button, the user chooses to make the changes made to All Images for this record
By clicking on this button, the user chooses to apply the changes made to All Images in the job
This button is a toggle between the current image and the original press the “Show Original Image” button to see the image as it was Originally seen, if the user hade had any changes by use of the tools they would not appear. Then press the “Show GS Dropout” button to see the image with the Default Background taken out
By clicking on this button, you will apply your changes to everyone in the current
Go to your Edit
screen
Click Adjust Images
to edit bulk or individual images
Select desired Overlay
Select desired Crop
Go to image and adjust
Click next for individual adjustments or apply to all for
batch work
For individual cropping, you can click on the cropping
icon on their record in the capture screen. This will
Press the Shopping Cart in either the project details, capture screen or the tool bar Select orders to be submitted (New or All – or in a Current Filter)
Select to include all subjects or just those who ordered Choose shipping method (to Studio or to School)
If you would like to send your Rendered Green Screen images, check Render
GreenScreen Images. To send just green images, leave unchecked.
Choose whether or not you want to use original file names or if you want to apply
Crops
Choose to Submit orders to lab or Save Locally Select a package sort
Click Submit
Fill out Lab order form Click Save
On the top of the menu bar, click Layout
Underneath the flow icon, click the New
button
You may change the size & color of your background
Note: To change the layout size, click in the builder on the
left hand side and replace it with your desired size. To adjust
background color, click on the color wheel and select the
Click on the Portrait
button on the top right hand side
to insert an image or graphic
The browser will ask you which image you want to
import
Select the image and click Open
Click on the image in the preview area and click the
corner of the image to Stretch
it to a bigger size
Click on your image object inside the Layer List on the top left hand corner Your Properties box will give you various categories to edit your image
The major listed boxes are: Object Proportions, Image Properties and Effects
The Effects box has subcategories which are: Stroke, Image Opacity, Drop Shadow,
Blur, and Color
Your Object Proportions tell you how big your images is and at what angle it is set The Image Properties tells you where the image came from, this is also where you
specify if this is a subject’s photo
◦ Stroke handles the outer line of the image and the color of the outer line. If you
wish to change the color of the stroke, You can click on the color wheel to select the color you want
◦ Opacity changes how solid the image appears to be
◦ The Drop Shadow has options for your to edit the Depth, Opacity, Softness, and Direction the shadow of the image will be displayed
◦ Blur controls how blurry you want the image to appear
◦ Color can change you image to Black and White, Sepia, or Color
Note: for best results, when working with multiple layers, always click on the layer inside the layer list when you intend to edit
Click on the Text
icon located right next to the
Portrait
icon to import a text box
The program will immediately import a text box
To edit, click the text layer inside the Layer Pane
A new box will appear in the properties area for you to
edit the text settings
You have choices of editing your
Font, Font Size, Style
(bold, italic etc.)
Data Field, Font color,
and
Text
Alignment
You can choose to have a Static Text, which is
something that will be the same for each record (i.e.:
School Name), or you can have Dynamic Text, which will
be unique for each record
Choose which field you’d like to have your text to pull
from on your template (i.e.: First Name)
You can select this field from the Insert Data Field
drop
down box, or you can manually type it in
If you want to insert a barcode, you must select your
To further edit your text, you can add a drop shadow by
checking the Enable
box under Drop Shadow
The drop shadow has options for you to edit the
Depth
,
Opacity
,
Softness
, and
Direction
the shadow that is
displayed with your text
You may also edit the Color
and Stroke
of the shadow
Underneath the Portrait
button and Text
button, you
may sort your layers into proper viewing order for the
best design result
First, select the layer inside the object list that you wish
to move
Next, click on the Send to Back
or Send to Front
button
Before aligning your layers, remember to select the
object you wish to align
Click an alignment that you want for your object
If you click on the green plus or red minus magnifying
glass, you can Zoom
in and out of your layout
You can also drag the zoom bar to make a specific
zoom preference
The blue arrows indicate an Undo
and Redo
button for
undoing a mistake or redoing a move
If you want to duplicate an object, click the specific
object on the object list and click Duplicate
If you want to delete an object, you can select the object
To print a batch job, first click on the Print Setup button
on the top middle area of the menu bar
Select the
Image Format
,
DPI, and the Output Folder
you
wish your batch print to go
You may also select the Printer
you wish the images to
render through
Next, click Batch Print
for your job to render
Or, you may select Print
for an individual’s photo to be
Under your Preferences screen, you can set up several options to help make your organization in Flow® easier. A few of these options are:
Show Pose Number: Under your Application menu, check Show Pose
Number to see a physical number on each image in your capture screen.
Perform Exact Match: Under your Application menu, check
Perform Exact Match in Search to make your search more specific.
One Image per Subject: Under your Capture menu, check Only Allow
One Image Per Subject to disallow the option of more than one pose per subject.
Start Image Number At 0001: To keep your image sequencing
numbers at per subject, rather than the actual image taken for the job, check the option for Start Image number at 00001 for each subject
under your Capture menu.
External Editor: Under your Edit menu, you can set up your Flow® to
open an External Editor (ie: Photoshop) to quickly edit your images.
Batch Archive: Under your Utilities menu, you can choose to archive
every job in your Flow® by going to Batch Archive. Here you can select all, or check off the jobs you wish to archive.
Note: Be sure to hit Save at the bottom of your screen in order to save your selections.
Open IQ Gallery (you will see a flashing yellow icon in
the top right hand corner of your toolbar)
Fill out The IQ Gallery settings completely
Click Submit Gallery. Images will then upload and create
a unique url
Note: Subject
Ticket Code
will be the unique individual
password for your client to view and order.
Send proof sheet with Ticket Code
and unique url
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